Colin sent me this over AIM today. Pretty rad:
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Category Archives: dope
Beach House: “Gila (Live on Juan’s Basement)” VIDEO
August 26, 2008 – 8:00 am
This band is too good for words. An intimate performance to say the least, I can’t stop watching the video.
Abe Vigoda: “Cranes” and “The Garden” MP3(s)
August 25, 2008 – 5:33 pm
Abe Vigoda are, at this point, beyond saturated. This isn’t a bad things by any means, but it means that these songs are nothing new to the web. A hype machine search proves this true. Nonetheless, I love these songs and have since I got Skeleton when it came out a couple months ago. They [...]
Department of Eagles: “No One Does It Like You” MP3
August 20, 2008 – 1:01 pm
Department of Eagles is a project from Grizzly Bear’s Daniel Rosten that sounds somewhat similar to the mroe well-known of the two projects, but overall a bit different. This song is darker and clean-er than what I expect from Grizzly Bear (over-driven guitars, less reverb) but still has a spaced-out feeling and those vocal harmonies/melodies [...]
Jay-Z: “Jockin’ Jay-Z (Live at MSG)” Video
August 7, 2008 – 7:36 pm
If this doesn’t excite you then there is something wrong with your ears. This beat is dope (that guitar sample is hot as hell) and the possibility of a Blueprint 3 produced by Kanye is one of the best pieces of news I’ve heard in weeks (via The FADER):
BLUEPRINT 3 from kwest on Vimeo.
Grizzly Bear: “Two Weeks (Live on Letterman)” Video
July 25, 2008 – 10:19 am
Ethereal pop is the only combination of words that makes sense to describe Grizzly Bear’s newest track. I can’t wait for their new album. They are touring with Radiohead how cool is that?
UPDATE: MP3 via GvB. The more I listen to this song the better it gets. Surreal.
Grizzly Bear: “Two [...]
Deerhunter/Jay Reatard: “Oh It’s Such A Shame” MP3(s)
July 22, 2008 – 11:00 am
I’ve been listening to Deerhunter’s new album Microcastle nonstop since it leaked a month or so back. I want to post almost every song (with album openers “Agoraphobia” and “Never Stops” at the top of my list) but understand that having an album leak before a release date is even set has got to feel [...]
Fatlip: “What’s Up Fatlip? (Breakbot Remix)” Video
July 21, 2008 – 1:11 pm
Delicious Vinyl recently commissioned a bunch of artists to do remixes of their most well-known songs - I just picked up the album and while all of the tracks do good service to their predecessors, the one I really wanted to hear was how “What’s Up Fatlip?“. Thankfully Breakbot keep the original intact while re-imagining [...]
J Dilla: “Oxtopus Boom Boom” and “Love Junkee [Remix Instrumental]” MP3
July 18, 2008 – 1:29 pm
This new Dilla track just showed up online and it is dope as expected. Pretty reserved - sounds like it was probably just a demo - but even in rough form Dilla is better than 99.9% of producers. The other track is one of my favorite Dilla beats of all time that I’ve been meaning [...]
Big Boi: “Something’s Gotta Give (Feat. Mary J Blige)” MP3
July 18, 2008 – 10:55 am
I love Outkast and every incarnation that as arisen from their quasi-fallen ashes. I am admittedly much more partial to Andre 3000 , but if you compare what he did this week to what Big Boi did, I have to nod my head to the other side of the coin this time:
Big Boi: “Something’s Gotta [...]